The Crossover
A Newbery Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 18, 2014
Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!
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- Who it’s for
- Basketball, family, and rap meet in a novel in verse with plenty of momentum.
- Themes
- Basketball, Family and brotherhood, Growing up
- Pacing
- Fast
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Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James! The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse. “With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ’Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell.
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Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood—he’s got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s all on the line. In this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander, Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.
Rhythm on the Court
Basketball, family, and rap meet in a novel in verse with plenty of momentum.
Come here for
- The sound and energy of basketball woven into verse
- A family story shaped by brotherhood and growing up
Expect
- A fast-moving middle grade read
- Josh’s rap helping him find his rhythm
Where it sits
| Basketball Stories | 93% |
|---|---|
| Sibling Stories | 91% |
| Loss & Grief | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Parent-Child Stories
- Sibling Stories
- Illness & Injury
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- Basketball Stories
- Soccer Stories
- School Stories
- Loss & Grief
- Authors
- Kwame Alexander
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 18, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Basketball · Family and brotherhood · Growing up
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men